Goodies Archicad 27 -

ArchiCAD 27 finally added a persistent search filter . Instead of scrolling through 300 fills to find "Brick_Herringbone," just type "Brick." But the secret goodie? You can now delete unused attributes in bulk with a "Smart Cleanup" button that shows you exactly what isn't placed in the project. Your file size will thank you. 5. The "Wall/Beam/Column" Ghost Snap This is so subtle that Graphisoft barely mentioned it, but it changes everything for modeling speed.

You can now explode imported Revit geometry into native ArchiCAD Morphs and Meshes without losing texture mapping or planar surfaces. This turns a "dumb" import into a usable, editable object in seconds. The Verdict: Upgrade for the Clicks, Not the Features If you are still on ArchiCAD 26 or 25, you might think, "I don't need sloping curtain walls." You are right. But you do need the Goodies .

When hovering over a wall to place a column, ArchiCAD 27 now shows a "Ghost" preview of the column's bottom constraint relative to the top of the wall, and vice versa. goodies archicad 27

Every year, Graphisoft rolls out a headline feature for ArchiCAD. Version 27 was no different, with the spotlight firmly on the Virtual Building Experience (improved 3D navigation and graphical overrides).

After installing ArchiCAD 27, go to Options > Work Environment > Toolbars and enable the legacy "Goodies" palette if you migrated an old workspace—but honestly, the native v27 workflow has absorbed the best of them. ArchiCAD 27 finally added a persistent search filter

Have a wall that needs to look like a "Demo" element? Use the dropper on an existing demo element to copy its graphic override rules, then "paint" it onto the new wall. This visual, click-based workflow is revolutionary for existing users who hate digging through nested dialog boxes. 4. The "Attribute Manager" Filter Bar If you have used ArchiCAD for more than a year, your Attribute Manager (Fill patterns, Surfaces, Line types, Composites) is probably a mess.

You can now offset slanted columns and beams by absolute or relative vectors from the reference axis. No more doing trigonometry to figure out where the top of a slanted column sits relative to a rotated beam. It just works, and it works perfectly with the improved structural analysis workflow. 3. Graphic Override "Dropper" Tool Graphic Overrides got more powerful, but the goodie is the new interaction model: the Paint Bucket and Dropper analogy. Your file size will thank you

No more guessing if your column goes through the roof or stops at the ceiling. The visual feedback is instantaneous, reducing errors in section/elevation generation by about 90%. 6. The "Revit" Import Filter (Direct Geometry) Yes, we are an ArchiCAD firm, but clients send us Revit files. The goodie in v27 isn't just that you can import RVT files (you could before), but that the geometry translation is now native.